The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-18

OBITUARY.
sudden and Unexpected Death OF
Lewis a. Clifford

Our community was deeply moved
last Sunday morning on learning of
the sudden aud unexp cted death of
Lewis A. Clifford. or Gift" as be was
famiIiarly known. For the past three
he had been driving Sol Hips store
team and slept in the apartments
over the store. Saturday night he re-
tired to his r"0m as usual. But next
morning wien W. B. Graham opened
the store aud went up stairs he was
Mortified to find poor "Giff' lying on
the floor dead The position of the
body showed that he got up, sat ON
the side Of the bed and in coughing
iii fell over on his face, Knocking off
the chimney of the lamp which was
lighted Oh the table and which re.
manned burning till morning. There
were NO signs ut further struggle for
life after the fall. 1t is indeed prob.
able that poor Gift strangled in his
coughing tit before he fell, aud then
all Was over.
A Coron0r's inquest was held, and
their verdict WAS that Lewis A. Clifford
came to his death on the night Of the
llth or morning of the 18th of June,
1897, from natursl causes.
The body WAS taken tn the Grand
Army Hall and prepared for its last
sleep. Mr.. Hip, who was absent in
Ely, was sent for and when ne arrived
Sunday afternoon he had the remains
taken to his residence. tie sent 0ui
messengers 10 Ward aud Cherry Creek
announcing when the funeral would
take place, and did all that brother
could do tn pay the last tribute Of
respect to his dead friend.
Lewis A. Clifford was born in Wis
consin, Feb. 30. 1870 He was tie
only son of "A family Of eight. His
aged parents still live in North Prairie.
Waukesha county, Wisconsin. near
Milwaukee. He came la Nevada in
1852 and was night foreman in the
Yellow Jacket IN those early days
lie has lived in White Pine since $50.
sharing the tate of almost every camp
in the county Hamilton, Ward.
Cherry Greek and Taylor. He was
foreman nf the Star mine for some
time. But for the pas; five years poor
Gift has been sufferer from asthma
and bronchial disorders. which have
slowly but surely Slapped his Iiie.blood
and finally claimed him as u victim.
Though suffering intensely from these
malndies at times. he WIS cheerful and
the day before his death told friend
he felt better than for months before.
The esteem in which he Was held by
NIL who knew him was more clearly
shown by the long funeral procession
TINT folloard his remains la the grave
than hy any eulogy we could write.
His was the largest funeral ever seen
in Taylor. Both our mines closed
down To do homer Ia his memory and
delegations from all the surrounding
country came in To the funeral. Poor
Gift
Thy brief dark life 10 over. Thon hast found
That sweet. deep rest. which through gu n
lonesome days,
And nights when sleep forsook thee, thou
did'st praise
With snvious longing. In deaths silence
drowned,
No elamoring bells with their int rusive sound,
No noise OF trafie In the towns maize,
Or hurrying footsteps through its stormy
ways
VIII try the slumbcr In which thou art b"und.
Tired head. tired heart, tired spirit. all at rest
Since for the weary rest Ia Deaths first boon
Rest-and then. after rest. tho waking Joy,
The sudden rapture, BY new life posses,,
The swim, sure glory Of the Heavens high
noon.
The long lost mothers welcome TO her boy
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Another Coed Citizen Departs Frsm